Reigning champion Van Uytvanck progresses in Budapest
Hungarian Ladies Open champion Alison Van Uytvanck continued the defence of her title as she progressed to the last eight.
Published : Feb 22, 2019 12:01 IST
Top seed Alison Van Uytvanck booked a quarter-final spot at the Hungarian Ladies Open with a 6-4, 7-5 win over Iga Swiatek.
The reigning champion proved too strong for her 17-year-old opponent, who nonetheless produced a commendable display in Budapest.
Van Uytvanck will now face Kateryna Kozlova after her impressive 6-0 6-1 triumph over American Madison Brengle.
Ekaterina Alexandrova, seeded fifth, set up a last-eight showdown with Pauline Parmentier courtesy of a dominant 6-4, 6-0 victory against Arantxa Rus.
It was a much more circuitous route that teenager Marketa Vondrousova took to the next round, the left-handed Czech overcoming Anna Blinkova 7-6 (8-6), 3-6, 6-3.
Vondrousova's next challenge is Irina Camelia Begu, a 6-2, 6-3 winner over Evgeniya Rodina.